Cruiserweight • World Boxing Organization

Current champion: Chris Billam-Smith (0 title defenses)

No scheduled WBO Cruiserweight bout

Timeline

  1. 3 Dec 1989

    Boone Pultz beats Magne Havna via split decision 12/12

    Cruiserweight (190 lb)

    Boone Pultz becomes the WBO Cruiserweight world champion

  2. 17 May 1990

    Magne Havna beats Boone Pultz via knockout 5/12

    Cruiserweight (190 lb)

    Magne Havna becomes the WBO Cruiserweight world champion

  3. 8 Dec 1990

    Magne Havna beats Daniel Eduardo Neto via unanimous decision 12/12

    Cruiserweight (190 lb)

  4. 15 Feb 1991

    Magne Havna beats Tyrone Booze via split decision 12/12

    Cruiserweight (190 lb)

  5. 25 Jul 1992

    Tyrone Booze beats Derek Angol via knockout 7/12

    Cruiserweight (190 lb)

    Tyrone Booze becomes the WBO Cruiserweight world champion

  6. 2 Oct 1992

    Tyrone Booze beats Ralf Rocchigiani via unanimous decision 12/12

    Cruiserweight (190 lb)

  7. 13 Feb 1993

    Markus Bott beats Tyrone Booze via unanimous decision 12/12

    Cruiserweight (190 lb)

    Markus Bott becomes the WBO Cruiserweight world champion

  8. 26 Jun 1993

    Nestor Hipolito Giovannini beats Markus Bott via split decision 12/12

    Cruiserweight (190 lb)

    Nestor Hipolito Giovannini becomes the WBO Cruiserweight world champion

  9. 20 Nov 1993

    Nestor Hipolito Giovannini beats Markus Bott via unanimous decision 12/12

    Cruiserweight (190 lb)

  10. 17 Dec 1994

    Dariusz Michalczewski beats Nestor Hipolito Giovannini via knockout 10/12

    Cruiserweight (190 lb)

    Dariusz Michalczewski becomes the WBO Cruiserweight world champion

  11. 1 Jan 1995

    Dariusz Michalczewski's WBO Cruiserweight world title reign ends

  12. 10 Jun 1995

    Ralf Rocchigiani beats Carl Thompson via knockout 11/12

    Cruiserweight (190 lb)

    Ralf Rocchigiani becomes the WBO Cruiserweight world champion

  13. 30 Sep 1995

    Ralf Rocchigiani beats Marc Randazzo via unanimous decision 12/12

    Cruiserweight (190 lb)

  14. 25 Nov 1995

    Ralf Rocchigiani beats Dan Ward via knockout 8/12

    Cruiserweight (190 lb)

  15. 16 Mar 1996

    Ralf Rocchigiani beats Jay Snyder via knockout 4/12

    Cruiserweight (190 lb)

  16. 13 Jul 1996

    Ralf Rocchigiani beats Bash Ali via unanimous decision 12/12

    Cruiserweight (190 lb)

  17. 13 Dec 1996

    Ralf Rocchigiani beats Stefan Angehrn via unanimous decision 12/12

    Cruiserweight (190 lb)

  18. 26 Apr 1997

    Ralf Rocchigiani beats Stefan Angehrn via majority decision 12/12

    Cruiserweight (190 lb)

  19. 4 Oct 1997

    Carl Thompson beats Ralf Rocchigiani via split decision 12/12

    Cruiserweight (190 lb)

    Carl Thompson becomes the WBO Cruiserweight world champion

  20. 18 Apr 1998

    Carl Thompson beats Chris Eubank via unanimous decision 12/12

    Cruiserweight (190 lb)

  21. 18 Jul 1998

    Carl Thompson beats Chris Eubank via corner retirement 9/12

    Cruiserweight (190 lb)

  22. 27 Mar 1999

    Johnny Nelson beats Carl Thompson via knockout 5/12

    Cruiserweight (190 lb)

    Johnny Nelson becomes the WBO Cruiserweight world champion

  23. 15 May 1999

    Johnny Nelson beats Bruce Scott via unanimous decision 12/12

    Cruiserweight (190 lb)

  24. 7 Aug 1999

    Johnny Nelson beats Willard Lewis via corner retirement 4/12

    Cruiserweight (190 lb)

  25. 18 Sep 1999

    Johnny Nelson beats Sione Asipeli via unanimous decision 12/12

    Cruiserweight (190 lb)

  26. 6 Nov 1999

    Johnny Nelson beats Christophe Girard via knockout 4/12

    Cruiserweight (190 lb)

  27. 8 Apr 2000

    Johnny Nelson beats Pietro Aurino via corner retirement 7/12

    Cruiserweight (190 lb)

  28. 7 Oct 2000

    Johnny Nelson beats Adam Watt via knockout 5/12

    Cruiserweight (190 lb)

  29. 27 Jan 2001

    Johnny Nelson beats George Arias via unanimous decision 12/12

    Cruiserweight (190 lb)

  30. 21 Jul 2001

    Johnny Nelson beats Marcelo Dominguez via unanimous decision 12/12

    Cruiserweight (190 lb)

  31. 6 Apr 2002

    Johnny Nelson beats Ezra Sellers via knockout 8/12

    Cruiserweight (190 lb)

  32. 23 Nov 2002

    Johnny Nelson and Guillermo Jones share a draw 12/12

    Cruiserweight (190 lb)

  33. 15 Nov 2003

    Johnny Nelson beats Alexander Petkovic via majority decision 12/12

    Cruiserweight (190 lb)

  34. 4 Sep 2004

    Johnny Nelson beats Ruediger May via knockout 7/12

    Cruiserweight (200 lb)

  35. 26 Nov 2005

    Johnny Nelson beats Vincenzo Cantatore via split decision 12/12

    Cruiserweight (200 lb)

  36. 22 Sep 2006

    Enzo Maccarinelli becomes the WBO Cruiserweight world champion

  37. 14 Oct 2006

    Enzo Maccarinelli beats Mark Hobson via knockout 1/12

    Cruiserweight (200 lb)

  38. 7 Apr 2007

    Enzo Maccarinelli beats Bobby Gunn via knockout 1/12

    Cruiserweight (200 lb)

  39. 21 Jul 2007

    Enzo Maccarinelli beats Wayne Braithwaite via unanimous decision 12/12

    Cruiserweight (200 lb)

  40. 3 Nov 2007

    Enzo Maccarinelli beats Mohamed Azzaoui via knockout 4/12

    Cruiserweight (200 lb)

  41. 8 Mar 2008

    David Haye beats Enzo Maccarinelli via knockout 2/12

    Cruiserweight (200 lb)

    David Haye becomes the WBO Cruiserweight world champion

  42. 22 Jul 2008

    David Haye's WBO Cruiserweight world title reign ends

  43. 1 Feb 2009

    Victor Emilio Ramirez becomes the WBO Cruiserweight world champion

  44. 16 May 2009

    Victor Emilio Ramirez beats Ali Ismailov via split decision 12/12

    Cruiserweight (200 lb)

  45. 29 Aug 2009

    Marco Huck beats Victor Emilio Ramirez via unanimous decision 12/12

    Cruiserweight (200 lb)

    Marco Huck becomes the WBO Cruiserweight world champion

  46. 5 Dec 2009

    Marco Huck beats Ola Afolabi via unanimous decision 12/12

    Cruiserweight (200 lb)

  47. 13 Mar 2010

    Marco Huck beats Adam Richards via knockout 3/12

    Cruiserweight (200 lb)

  48. 1 May 2010

    Marco Huck beats Brian Minto via corner retirement 9/12

    Cruiserweight (200 lb)

  49. 21 Aug 2010

    Marco Huck beats Matt Godfrey via knockout 5/12

    Cruiserweight (200 lb)

  50. 18 Dec 2010

    Marco Huck beats Denis Lebedev via split decision 12/12

    Cruiserweight (200 lb)

  51. 2 Apr 2011

    Marco Huck beats Ran Nakash via unanimous decision 12/12

    Cruiserweight (200 lb)

  52. 16 Jul 2011

    Marco Huck beats Hugo Garay via knockout 10/12

    Cruiserweight (200 lb)

  53. 22 Oct 2011

    Marco Huck beats Rogelio Omar Rossi via knockout 6/12

    Cruiserweight (200 lb)

  54. 5 May 2012

    Marco Huck and Ola Afolabi share a draw 12/12

    Cruiserweight (200 lb)

  55. 3 Nov 2012

    Marco Huck beats Firat Arslan via unanimous decision 12/12

    Cruiserweight (200 lb)

  56. 8 Jun 2013

    Marco Huck beats Ola Afolabi via majority decision 12/12

    Cruiserweight (200 lb)

  57. 25 Jan 2014

    Marco Huck beats Firat Arslan via knockout 6/12

    Cruiserweight (200 lb)

  58. 30 Aug 2014

    Marco Huck beats Mirko Larghetti via unanimous decision 12/12

    Cruiserweight (200 lb)

  59. 14 Aug 2015

    Krzysztof Glowacki beats Marco Huck via knockout 11/12

    Cruiserweight (200 lb)

    Krzysztof Glowacki becomes the WBO Cruiserweight world champion

  60. 16 Apr 2016

    Krzysztof Glowacki beats Steve Cunningham via unanimous decision 12/12

    Cruiserweight (200 lb)

  61. 17 Sep 2016

    Oleksandr Usyk beats Krzysztof Glowacki via unanimous decision 12/12

    Cruiserweight (200 lb)

    Oleksandr Usyk becomes the WBO Cruiserweight world champion

  62. 17 Dec 2016

    Oleksandr Usyk beats Thabiso Mchunu via knockout 9/12

    Cruiserweight (200 lb)

  63. 8 Apr 2017

    Oleksandr Usyk beats Michael Hunter via unanimous decision 12/12

    Cruiserweight (200 lb)

  64. 9 Sep 2017

    Oleksandr Usyk beats Marco Huck via knockout 10/12

    Cruiserweight (200 lb)

  65. 27 Jan 2018

    Oleksandr Usyk beats Mairis Briedis via majority decision 12/12

    Cruiserweight (200 lb)

  66. 21 Jul 2018

    Oleksandr Usyk beats Murat Gassiev via unanimous decision 12/12

    Cruiserweight (200 lb)

  67. 10 Nov 2018

    Oleksandr Usyk beats Tony Bellew via knockout 8/12

    Cruiserweight (200 lb)

  68. 5 Jun 2019

    Krzysztof Glowacki becomes the WBO Cruiserweight world champion

  69. 15 Jun 2019

    Mairis Briedis beats Krzysztof Glowacki via knockout 3/12

    Cruiserweight (200 lb)

    Mairis Briedis becomes the WBO Cruiserweight world champion

  70. 25 Nov 2019

    Mairis Briedis's WBO Cruiserweight world title reign ends

  71. 20 Mar 2021

    Lawrence Okolie beats Krzysztof Glowacki via knockout 6/12

    Cruiserweight (200 lb)

    Lawrence Okolie becomes the WBO Cruiserweight world champion

  72. 25 Sep 2021

    Lawrence Okolie beats Dilan Prasovic via knockout 3/12

    Cruiserweight (200 lb)

  73. 27 Feb 2022

    Lawrence Okolie beats Michal Cieslak via unanimous decision 12/12

    Cruiserweight (200 lb)

  74. 25 Mar 2023

    Lawrence Okolie beats David Light via unanimous decision 12/12

    Cruiserweight (200 lb)

  75. 27 May 2023

    Chris Billam-Smith beats Lawrence Okolie via majority decision 12/12

    Cruiserweight (200 lb)

    Chris Billam-Smith becomes the WBO Cruiserweight world champion

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